Kwangchon Station

Kwangch'ŏn 광천
Korean name
Hangul	광천역
Hanja	廣泉驛
Revised Romanization	Gwangcheon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kwangch'ŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	Kwangch'ŏn-dong, Tanch'ŏn, South Hamgyŏng North Korea
Coordinates	40°33′43″N 128°59′40″E / 40.5619°N 128.9944°ECoordinates: 40°33′43″N 128°59′40″E / 40.5619°N 128.9944°E
Owned by	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	30 March 1943
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   Korean State Railway   Following station Tongdŏk toward Muhak Kŭmgol Line Taptong toward Yŏhaejin

Kwangch'ŏn Station is a railway station in Kwangch'ŏn-dong, greater Tanch'ŏn city, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kŭmgol Line of the Korean State Railway.^[1] It was opened on 30 March 1943 along with the rest of the Yŏhaejin–Tongam section of the line;^[2] the station was originally called Ryongjam Station (Chosōn'gŭl: 룡잠역; Hanja: 龍岑驛), receiving its current name after the establishment of the DPRK.^[3]

References

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. The traffic and geography in North Korea: Kŭmgol Line (in Korean)
3. 朝鮮総督部官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor–General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4854, 9 April 1943 (in Japanese)